Nuggets 108-95 Heat Highlights, Game 4: Gordon, Brown shine as Denver closes in on NBA title

Denver Nuggets take both games on the road. Just one game away from the elusive NBA title for Michael Malone and his team. They had a hiccup or two on the way. Jokic was in foul trouble and off the floor but Bruce Brown stepped up and delivered the win. Aaron Gordon too had a performance of a life with 27 points. Jamal Murray with his fourth straight 10+ assists night. They have a chance to close out the series in front of their fans.

As for the Heat, their season is on the brink. Butler and Adebayo did the best they could but not enough. Max Strus and Gabe Vincent just scored two points among them and that cost the side. Not many teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit. Can the Heat do the unthinkable? We’ll find out in a couple of days.

That’s it for today! Thanks for tuning in.

Gordon happy to take a shot clock violation. The final minute of the game now.

Martin with a put in dunk from a pass by Adebayo.

Adebayo makes two free throws.

Just 01:11 left in the game,

Brown with another three! 21 points for him and the lead now is up to 17.

Jeff Green with a steal on Adebayo’s pass.

KCP! What a time to make a three point shot. Is that the dagger?

Miami Heat takes a timeout with under two to play.

Bruce Brown with a drive and reverse lay up.

Adebayo with a bucket.

Bruce Brown! Uses the screen from Jokic to enter the paint and take a floated shot. Martin leaves a trailing arm on him and that makes it a And-1 play.

Brown hits the FT too.

Robinson with yet another drive to the rim and a floated finish.

Caleb Martin with a missed three.

We have a timeout with just over three minutes to play.

Brown misses one free throw. 10 point lead for the Nuggets.

Bruce Brown with a drive to the rim and he is fouled by Butler. He will shoot free throws.

Robinson concedes a turnover with a travel foul.

Jokic returns to the ball game after 5:15 on the bench. He has one foul to give.

Murray with a 24-second violation.

Denver strikes in transition. Bruce Brown gets the dunk.

Murray misses a jump shot. Butler takes the rebound.

Butler makes both the shots from the line.

Butler will head to the free throw line after a foul.

Jeff Green makes a corner three.

Robinson, instead of shooting from the arc, takes a dribble and fires in a floater.

Gordon catches the ball near the rim. Evades bodies around him and gets a put in. What a night he’s having.

Erik Spoelstra calls a timeout.

Adebayo with a missed floater from right in front of the bucket.

Butler with a jump shot over Bruce Brown.

Murray with a three! A massive shot in the context of the game.

Butler makes the shot to make it a three point play.

Heat within five points.

Butler is impeded in his drive and lay up by Murray. The shot goes in to offer a three point chance to Butler.

Nuggets take a timeout! The comeback is on folks!

Adebayo with a pair to pull Miami closer.

Gordon fouls Adebayo on the lay up.

Jokic with an offensive foul on Adebayo. That’s five personals on him and he will head to the bench for now.

09:23 left in the game.

Robinson misses a three this time.

DENIED! Adebayo with a rejection on Murray! What a block.

Martin misses a three but Braun fails to gather a rebound and Miami keeps the possession.

Robinson with a pump fake, side step and a three!

Jokic with an airball. He was under the pressure of the shot clock on that play.

The Nuggets have done it again! They’ve stormed to a massive lead in the third, outscoring the Heat by nine points. Aaron Gordon is in red hot form today and has 25 points. Jokic has 25 and needs six assists for a triple double.

Butler and Adebayo are the major contributors for the Heat. And they need to be at their very best if Miami wants to come back.

Gordon makesa three! He is unstoppable tonight. 25 points for him for the game.

Gordon! A reverse put in in the air after a catch on a Jokic pass.

Martin with a catch and shoot for three points.

Gordon with the tip in after a miss by Braun.

Butler finishes an alley-oop play.

Murray with a dribble around the arc and a pass to Brown. He makes a three.

Problem solved. Off go the ladders and we’re good to go. 2:07 left on the clock.

The delay continues as the officials ensure the basket is not tilted twoards one side.

Adebayo with an offensive foul while trying a dunk. There’s some damage to the rim that the refs want to be checked.

Bruce Brown with a lay up shot. Connects!

Butler makes both the shots and the deficit is back to just six points.

Jokic with his third foul as he hits Butler on a lay up. He missed a shot at the other end moments earlier.

ROBINSON! A steal on a pass from Jokic. A drive all the way to the rim and a lay up finish.

A timeout taken by Michael Malone.

A series of missed shots from both teams. KCP misses the latest one - a three pointer.

Bruce Brown then fouls Love as he takes the rebound.

Gordon and Adebayo are locked for a loose ball. A jump ball called.

Love makes the shot from the line to complete the three point play.

Love makes the shot from a lay up and he is fouled from behind. a chance for three point play.

Murray with a fadeaway shot. Gets it in.

Love and Lowry miss two three pointers on the same possession.

GORDON! A dunk after Jokic floats the ball onto the rim.

Jokic! He cancels out the three from Love.

LOVE! Another three! That’s his third three tonight.

Jokic with a floater from near the line.

Love with a three pointer after the resumption. Butler with the kick out pass to assist.

Gordon with an assist for Murray. A pin-point feed around Love. And the Nuggets stretch their lead to 10 points.

The Heat take a timeout.

Jokic with a left handed scoop after a drive.

Strus wants to make a cut as Adebayo has the ball. The latter, however, does not read it and sends the ball out of bounds. Turnover.

Martin with a bank shot for his first points.

That shot is cancelled out by Porter’s lay up on the next possession.

Porter Jr with a slam dunk after a pass from Jokic.

Butler with a jump shot to get Heat started for the quarter.

Adebayo takes a shot but the ball is knocked out of his hands.

Murray connects both the shots from the line.

Murray is fouled by Love on a lay up.

Butler’s shot misses too as Jokic gets a finger tip to it.

Jokic misses the first shot of the half. Well defended by Adebayo.

We’re back for the third quarter.

That’s the half time. The Nuggets able to go into the break with a marginal lead. They had stretched it to nine points, powered by Aaron Gordon’s 16 points but Adebayo and Butler, together with 13 vital points from Lowry, ensured the Heat stay within reach.

Jokic with some ankle discomfort after an awkward landing but he’s still scored 16 so far. Murray has been lively in the half and provided four assists but the team needs more points from him than his current total of six.

A thrilling second-half in store.

Butler misses the two shots from the line after the foul by Porter Jr.

Butler drives to the right of the rim and is fouled on the jump by Porter Jr.

Jokic with an offensive foul. The crowd is finally alive in the arena.

Adebayo! He hammers the ball into the net. Lowry with the dime.

Lowry with a floater from the paint. 13 points for him now.

Braun makes one out of two from the line after a foul by Strus.

Adebayo with a dunk from under the rim. Bully ball in full force on that point.

Porter makes both the shots from the line.

Gordon with a strip off Martin. Porter hits it off the board at the other end.

Now Jokic with a steal and Porter Jr is about to jump for another transition point, he is fouled.

Now Lowry is fouled and Miami has the bonus. Two free throws attempts both of which are made.

Jokic shoots both the free throws and takes the lead back to seven.

Porter misses yet another three but Strus is called for a loose ball foul. The Heat have conceded the bonus which means free throws for Denver.

We have a timeout first.

Lowry hits two free throws to cut the gap to five.

Gordon and KCP combine for alley oop. A long pass from the shooting guard to the rim. 16 points for Gordon now.

Adebayo with a fake to sell Jokic off. He then takes a step to make the dunked shot.

Jokic misses the shot from close range but the ball is tipped in off a Heat player.

Martin with another brilliant lay up.

Jokic gets a wide open look from the three point line. Murray passes to him and he makes the shot.

Butler makes one of two FTs after he was fouled by Porter Jr on a shot.

Martin makes a lay up from a crowd of bodies.

Gordon makes the FT too. 14 points for him. The leading scorer of the game.

GORDON! He is on a drive as Vincent guards him. The Nuggets man draws contact and makes it an And-1 play.

Gordon with a dunk for his 11th point.

Butler with a dunk. Adebayo sets the point up.

Porter is able to make only one FT from the two.

Porter Jr makes his into the paint. Him and KCP combine with a series of passes. Porter with a euro step on his way and he is fouled on the shot.

Lowry makes both the shots from the line.

Lowry is fouled on a lay up and he will take free throws.

Murray with an assist for Porter Jr under the rim. A back lan cut to get free under the rim.

Jokic from way downtown. Murray had the ball but Butler covered him. He played the ball to Jokic who fired it in.

Butler is found all by himself under the rim. Robinson gets in the paint and plays the dish to Butler. Easy finish.

The Nuggets call a timeout.

Gordon makes a lay up off the glass but the refs whistle for a travel foul.

Duncan Robinson with a corner three. Cash money!

Bruce Brown makes a run to the rim and lay it in.

GORDON WITH ANOTHER THREE. Nine points for him as he fires from the right wing.

Adebayo with a shot over Gordon. Gets the glass on its way in.

Braun with a foul on Adebayo. His first personal on the night.

Gordon gives Nuggets the lead. Goes past Zeller and makes a fadeaway shot.

Gordon makes a wide open three. Bruce Brown with a drive, halt, turn and kick out pass to set that shot up.

Lowry with another pull up shot. This time from the paint.

It had been a tale of Denver starting to stamp their authority in the first quarter until Miami came back roaring after a timeout. Butler with 9 points to lead the charge. The Murray-Jokic pick-and-roll is in flight today as well. Both have hit six points each so far.

To be noted that Jokic has some discomfort in his ankle after landing awkwardly after a rebound.

Butler! At the buzzer! Miami ends the quarter on a 10-2 run as Butler makes a three.

Jokic makes both the shots to break Miami’s 7-0 run.

Zeller with a foul on Jokic. This mismatch continues even for a fourth game.

LOWRY! Connects from the distance to get the Heat level.

Butler again! He has his back to the rim, turns and banks the shot in.

Butler with a mid range jumper over Jokic.

Bruce Brown knocks down a three pointer.

We have another timeout.

Vincent misses a three pointer.

Jokic with a floater at the other end from the corner.

Martin reverse lays in a shot. Miami Heat gets that shot from transition.

KCP makes one out of two FTs after a foul.

Butler connects from a pull up shot.

Murray with a step back three. What a shot!

The Nuggets taking their time to make play.

Jokic misses a shot but gets the rebound. He opens the pass to Porter on the arc who misses a three pointer.

Miami concedes a 24-second violation.

Murray dribbles from the arc through the post and banks a lay up in.

Murray is fouled on a dribble.

The first timeout of the game with 6:55 left on the clock.

Adebayo with a left-handed finish from close range. Butler with the find.

Love finds the net from the arc. Shoots from the left wing and connects.

Only one shot converted by Gordon.

Gordon tries to drive to the rim but Love gets in his way. a foul is called on Miami Heat and the Nuggets get two FTs.

Jokic kicks the ball out to KCP on the right corner. Caldwell-Pope connects!

Murray goes to the line for a three-second defensive violation.

Makes the free throw shot.

Two back-to-back corner threes missed by the Heat. First one by Butler, second one by Vincent.

Jokic with a teardrop from the right of the rim.

Bam Adebayo with the first points for the game.

The national anthem is done. Time for some NBA Finals ball now.

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray provided a total of 11 assists to each other in the third game - the highest for a pair in the NBA Finals.

Not only is the Nuggets duo scoring buckets by the loads, they are also moving the ball well on the court. In the two games the Nuggets have won, Jokic and Murray played 86 and 78 passes between them.

The Heat have blown hot and cold from the three-point range this NBA Finals. It is one the key aspects the team relies on. A good from the arc and the Heat have higher chances of clinching the game. In this year’s playoffs, the Heat have scored at 41% from threes when they’ve won. On the other hand, in losses, the percentage has dropped to 35%.

The Nuggets have persisted with their forward for the fourth game. Porter has had a horrid time from the arc in this Finals series - making just three of 19 shots. There have been calls to drop him out but it seems Michael Malone has faith in his abilities. Needs to deliver today!

• Heat 93-104 Nuggets
• Heat 111-108 Nuggets
• Nuggets 109-94 Heat

The two-time MVP has been in stellar form this NBA Finals. He has two triple doubles in three games, taking his tally for these playoffs to 11. He’s averaging 33-14-9 on 59% shooting. If Miami has to have a chance in the remaining games, it has to stop Nikola Jokic.

The Denver Nuggets player took the limelight in Game 3 with his 15 points off the bench. After the game, the rookie revealed his one and only aim for the this season.

Where will the Nuggets vs Heat NBA Finals series be telecast on TV in India?

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Game 4 will be telecast on Saturday, June 10, starting 06:00 AM IST.

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